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Environmentalists Cheer Keystone XL Pipeline Decision As 'Decisive Moment'
2015-11-06 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews environmentalist Bill McKibben, who founded 350.org, about why he's celebrating Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the next president can reverse it.
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Canada's Trudeau Expresses Disappointment In U.S. Decision On Keystone XL
2015-11-06 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Canadian Company TransCanada took a blow Friday when President Obama announced he was rejecting its request to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline would have helped transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of Canadian tar sands oil from Alberta to U.S. refineries. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed disappointment.
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Angry tweets from Republican leaders on the Keystone XL decision
2015-11-06 22:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Friday morning, after years of heated battles between environmentalists and Republicans, President Barack Obama announced that he is rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. In a speech, the president criticized both supporters and detractors of the pipeline from placing too much emphasis on a project that, according to the State Departments analysis, would neither create many jobs nor ruin the climate if approved. Still, reactions to his decision from Republicans in Congress and the 2016 presidential...
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Heres What You Need to Know About President Obamas Decision to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline
2015-11-06 18:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateDesk: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Heres What You Need to Know About President Obamas Decision to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline Posted by Tim McDonnell on Friday, November 6, 2015 Watch Climate Desks explainer video. In the years biggest victory for environmentalists, President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will reject an application from Canadian company TransCanada to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline, which would allow crude oil from Canadas oil sands to reach...
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Obama wont yield to companys bid to delay Keystone pipeline decision
2015-11-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The White House on Tuesday said President Obama had no intention of bowing to a request from the company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline to delay a decision on the project, saying he wanted to take action before his tenure ends. The State Department is reviewing a request made on Monday by the company, TransCanada, to pause its yearslong evaluation of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which has become part of a broader debate over Mr. Obamas environmental agenda. Josh Earnest, the White House...
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